Extreme heat putting pregnant women, newborns at risk: UN climate chief
- UN climate chief Simon Stiell warned on Monday in Nadi, Fiji, that extreme heat poses growing risks to pregnant women and newborns, describing pregnancy as a 'new faultline' in the global climate crisis.
- Climate change is making extreme weather more intense, with around 33 countries recording their hottest July this year, according to AFP analysis of European Union Copernicus observatory data.
- Across five continents, more than two thirds of health professionals in a Wellcome-commissioned survey of 1,000 practitioners reported complications from intense heat, including restricted growth and dehydration in the past five years.
- Prime Minister Julia Gillard, chairwoman of Wellcome, urged leaders to act on the evidence, as Stiell warned that 'Pregnancy should be a time of hope' but is becoming a time of anxiety from climate-driven risks.
- Preceding the larger UN-sponsored COP31 climate conference in Turkey next month, the pre-COP summit in Fiji and Tuvalu allows Pacific leaders to showcase life on the frontline of climate change.
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In a speech this Monday at a COP31 preparatory meeting in Fiji, Simon Stiell stressed the effects of climate change on pregnancy. According to a poll, 73 per cent of professionals in five countries saw an increase in complications over the past five years.
عبر Cedarnews.net. لم体ابعر الم体يد من ال体بار وال体ارير الهارير الحري体 ورونا علنا مو体عنا. Extreme heats also have consequences for pregnant women. Other reported element: Simon Steell gave an alert, on Monday, in a speech given at a pre-COP meeting31. 体م نشر علبر عبر مو
In a speech in Fiji, Simon Stiell recalled that heat waves associated with global warming increased the risk of complications affecting pregnant women.
At the opening of a pre-COP31 meeting in Fiji, the head of UN Climate warned about one of the direct consequences of global warming. "Extreme heat waves are increasingly associated with premature births, stillbirths," he warned. "The risks of heat to pregnancy are increasingly documented. - "A source of anxiety": the UN warns about the "increased danger" of extreme heat to pregnant women (Health and well-being).
Climate Change Is Becoming a Pregnancy Hazard Worldwide, Survey Finds
A community health worker examines a pregnant woman inside her home while family members look on, highlighting the growing challenges mothers face as extreme heat and climate-related pressures strain access to healthcare in vulnerable communities. Credit: WellcomeBy Umar Manzoor ShahSUVA, Fiji & SRINAGAR, India, Oct 5 2026 (IPS) Extreme heat is increasingly threatening pregnant women and newborn babies around the world, with almost all maternal …
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